What color should I paint the interior?

luke_mx3 · Post by **luke_mx3** » February 11th, 2005, 1:16 am

I am going to paint the dash on my 95. The exterior color is 11R, Sparkle Green Metallic. I don't really want to put more green in my car and I was thinking about a silver or grey color. And should I paint part of my door panels too? What do you guys think?

MarkMoore · Post by **MarkMoore** » February 11th, 2005, 7:15 am

i love my white interior (in progress), but that's just me... everyone has their own opinion on what looks best, so i think u're gonna have to answer this one on your own... but yea, grey/silver goes well w/ green... the following site is something that i'm using for inspiration (at least the interior)

http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/v ... 20&val=100

fry_81 · Post by **fry_81** » February 11th, 2005, 3:37 pm

i did my interior in krylon silver, looks awsome. if you want the part number on the spray can ill get it for you.

luke_mx3 · Post by **luke_mx3** » February 11th, 2005, 5:43 pm

Thanks for the help. Can you get me that paint code? Thanks.

fry_81 · Post by **fry_81** » February 12th, 2005, 7:33 am

It's called "Kyrlon Interior-Exterior" "for wood,metal,plastic, wicker and more" it should have a bardcode sticker on the back that has the number and paint name- "41403 Dull Aluminum, Aluminum Mat"

Thumbs Up · Post by **Thumbs Up** » February 13th, 2005, 4:57 pm

Personally painting the interior I think is RICER and GAY, I mean if you made the inside BLACK and kept it nice looking you would enjoy it more but trust me I bought my MX with some RICER WHITE interior and I go soooo sick of it and it just flat out DOESN"T LOOK GOOD; I'm in the process of getting some stock peices back. BUT, if thats what you want to do go for it, everyone has different tastes. just trying to make you think about it before you regret doin somin you wish you didn't!!! JUST MY 2 cents.

93SOHC · Post by **93SOHC** » February 13th, 2005, 5:25 pm

Thumbs Up wrote:Personally painting the interior I think is RICER and GAY, I mean if you made the inside BLACK and kept it nice looking you would enjoy it more but trust me I bought my MX with some RICER WHITE interior and I go soooo sick of it and it just flat out DOESN"T LOOK GOOD; I'm in the process of getting some stock peices back. BUT, if thats what you want to do go for it, everyone has different tastes. just trying to make you think about it before you regret doin somin you wish you didn't!!! JUST MY 2 cents.

when it comes to "ricer" and "gay" again it all comes down to taste. IMO as long as it ain't yellow its all good

Thumbs Up · Post by **Thumbs Up** » February 13th, 2005, 5:29 pm

LOL yellow has got to be the worst !

vtmx3 · Post by **vtmx3** » February 14th, 2005, 7:30 pm

I would have to agree with Thumbs Up. I mean really, if you have a clean interior that is black, why ruin it by doing something like painting it. I see all of these's mx-3's on cardomain.com that just make me want to puke! Even painting your speaker covers is pushing a little twards the ricer thing in my opinion. You see all of these cars with painted dashes lcd screens lambo doors 18" wheels LIME GREEN PAINT rediculos grafix.

Ok now I'm just getting mad.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » February 14th, 2005, 11:51 pm

Why not focus your ideas, energy and funds on things that really matter. A highly tuned and well performing engine, good suspension, quality tires etc will never go out of fashion. But I guess there are those who are all show and no go.

papa roached · Post by **papa roached** » February 15th, 2005, 12:11 am

i dont see painting some of the interior as bad as long as you go with the same color as the body

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » February 15th, 2005, 10:05 pm

What would be the point or aim in painting interior parts? Is there a particular theme or concept that you're trying to emulate? If we look at some of the more classic rides (BMW, Mercedes or RX8 for that matter) that are most probably out of the financial range of the majority of us we'd find that speaker grills, dashboards and instrumant panels do not have that "painted look". You would come to see that they follow some pretty basic ideas or schemes. At the heart of it all is shear simplicity. The appearance and presence that everything inside the car belongs there, that there is a flow, that not one particular thing is going to stand out like a sore thumb and take away from the overall theme. There is an esthetics in the original design that sets our particular ride apart from others. Simple, clean lines where everything there seems to belong there. Keep it clean, keep it original, keep it Mazda!

A little more than 2 pennies.

luke_mx3 · Post by **luke_mx3** » February 15th, 2005, 11:34 pm

The reason I am going to paint my dash is because I think it sets it apart from everyone elses plain dashes (I live in a really small town) and I am only 16 and broke from buying my car. So if I can do a cheap DIY mod then I will.

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » February 16th, 2005, 7:14 pm

i concur with thumbs up lol.

painting your interior unless its tasteful is for teenageers who have no taste and are too cheap to do any REAL modifications to their car so they decide to ruin their interior to impress their friends.

Once you get out of HS you'll realize how stupid it looks and want to return it to stock.

Only paint that I can see for the interior is if you either want to change your tan itnerior to black or blue or something OR if you want to change some of the accents to silver or gunmetal or some kind of metallic color. Carbon fiber isn't my taste but doesn't look bad if its done right.

painting interior peices bright yellow, red, white, bright blue, green, purple is just stupid IMHO But its your car to ruin, not mine, do what you want.

Example of IMO a tastefully done paitned interior (its silver):

I like this interior b/c it has a momo steering wheel w/silver grip, the paint matches it perfectly. ALso has the SRD e-brake handle which matches the rest. Overall very well done, stuff matches & it wasn't overdone (IE painting the gauge bezel peice or entire dashboard).

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » February 16th, 2005, 7:19 pm

And I myself have "painted" my interior. Actually I dyed it, but its still in a spray-can.

Here is a pic of my "dyed" B-pillar and recovered headliner:

IMO the light-tan/beige color A & B pillars and the nasty colored headliner just didn't do it for me. Didn't go with the black interior at all so I changed it. I still need to remove the sunroof surround & srpaydye that with some fabric dye but it won't turn out all that great unless I heavily spray it.

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